I started playing Freelancer today for the first time in about 10 years. Needless to say I was excited when I finally got it working. I have a Windows 10 machine so the installation process and post installation troubleshooting to fix compatibility with the OS was quite a process. I was able to play for a few hours and then took a break for a half hour or so. After I returned I loaded my game and started at West Point Space Academy where I had left off. After launching into space and trying to lock in to head toward the waypoint my game crashed. Troubleshooting on my own I couldn't figure out much but as long as I stay on the station and don't' launch into space the game doesn't crash. Also, loading an earlier save point I discovered that I could play through an entire mission and the game only crashed when I tried to dock (whether it be planet, station, etc). Has anyone else experienced similar issues or have any idea how to fix it?

PS--I don't think this is related but just for the sake of leaving nothing out, the audio for the voices in game doesn't work. I can hear all other in game noises but voices are silent.

Back in 2008 or so, I apparently had altered too much to the game (no idea if you modded anything, but anyhow), and in mission 5 Freeport 1 refused to speak, after which the game crashed. What helped for me:- delete all saved games- if that didn't help, re-installHope it helps.

Thank you I appreciate the response! I had hoped to only have to reinstall as a last resort but I guess that's where I'm at.

So--just completely uninstalled and deleted all user files. After reinstalling I started a new game and after it rolled through all the prologue videos and initial interactions on Manhattan I launched into space to meet King and after about 10 seconds of time in space the game crashed.

I also completely forgot to mention one other thing I tried to do yesterday to try to fix the audio was install Fraunhofer IIS MPEG Layer-3 Codec. This is the only other thing I can think of and uninstalling the game wouldn't undo that so I'm thinking that must be the problem. However, I can't find where that's installed or how to remove it on Windows 10. When I google it all the "how to" uninstall guides are for XP or earlier versions of Windows. Does anyone know how I might go about doing that?